Question

What was a goal of the Committees of Correspondence that formed in the American colonies during the late 1700s? *

A. To coordinate colonial plans to resist British taxation
B. To negotiate a peace treaty with the British parliament
C. To develop a colonial strategy for defending against Spanish raids
D. To organize efforts by religious reformers to abolish African slavery

Answer 1

Correct answer is A. To coordinate colonial plans to resist British taxation.

Step-by-step explanation:

A is the correct answer because this Committees were formed after British government introduced new taxes and acts that made life harder for the colonists. This acts included Stamp Acts, Quartering act, Townshend acts and others.

B is correct because committees were formed before the war started.

C is not correct because they had no problems with Spaniards back then.

D is not correct as movement of abolishment was introduced mostly in the 19th Century.